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# Canada

> What Coverbase asks a supplier in Canada for, and which of those rules block a submission.

[User guides](/user-guides/overview) / [Supplier countries](/user-guides/supplier-countries/overview)

A supplier whose bank account is held in Canada sees the fields below. The country is chosen on the form, and changing it changes the fields, so a supplier is never asked for a detail their country does not use.

## Bank details

| Field              | Requirement | Format                                     | Notes                                                             |
| ------------------ | ----------- | ------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Bank name          | Optional    | up to 60 characters                        |                                                                   |
| Institution number | Required    | 3 characters, digits only                  | 3 digits, e.g. 003 for RBC.                                       |
| Transit number     | Required    | 5 characters, digits only                  | 5 digits, the branch that holds the account.                      |
| Account number     | Required    | up to 12 characters                        |                                                                   |
| Check digit        | Optional    | no length limit, digits only               |                                                                   |
| SWIFT/BIC          | Optional    | 8 to 11 characters, letters and digits     | 8 or 11 characters, e.g. BOFAUS3N. Needed for a payment by wire.  |
| Account type       | Optional    | no length limit, one of: checking, savings | Checking unless the bank issued the account as a savings account. |

### IBAN

An IBAN is optional for Canada. It is up to 34 characters and is checked against the ISO 7064 MOD-97 algorithm, which catches a mistyped or transposed digit before the details reach your finance system.

## Tax and company registrations

| Registration         | Requirement | Format                                 | Notes                                                                    |
| -------------------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Business Number (BN) | Required    | 9 to 15 characters, letters and digits | 9 digits, optionally followed by a program account suffix (e.g. RT0001). |

## Country rules

* Postal codes are checked against the national format. A postal code that does not match produces a warning, not a rejection.

## Where these rules come from

Oracle Fusion Cash Management 26c CA validations; Payments Canada routing number (3-digit institution, 5-digit transit) split into its two fields.

The rules on this page are confirmed against a primary source, so they are enforced strictly.

Configuration version `2026.09.1`. Your organization can override any of these rules for its own suppliers.

## Related

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    Every country Coverbase validates, side by side.
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    How these details are collected, reviewed, and handed to your finance system.
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